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After reading a book on Baba Amte’s life (The Last, The First, written by Jean Buhler), Loti Raman, a Swiss lady who married an Indian, decided to bequeath all her property and assets to Baba Amte. These funds were used to build the Loti-Raman Home for Senior Citizens at Anandwan.
The renowned British economist, Baroness Jackson of Lodsworth, Barbara Ward (first recipient of the Nehru Award instituted by the Government of India in 1981) was so deeply moved by the work done at Anandwan that she donated her entire award money to the Maharogi Sewa Samiti.
The most recorded singer in the history of music,Queen of Melody Lata Mangeshkar and her copatriot, Kishore Kumar, raised Rs.3.40 million at a famous concert in Mumbai in 1984.